Ekonomické zpravodajství

Bull or Bear, These Gold Charts Offer Something for Everyone

2520 d - admin

Gold is gripped by conflicting forces. Bearish investors see no incentive to hold the precious metal because equities are climbing to records, the global economy is recovering, and the Federal Reserve is so wary of tight labor markets that it has pledged to increase U.S. interest rates further this year.

OPEC Has Few Escape Routes From Another Bear Market in Oil

2520 d - admin

Oil’s back in a bear market and investors remain unmoved by last month’s agreement to prolong supply cuts, leaving OPEC and its allies with few remaining tools to boost prices.

Electric Car Demand Boosts Companies Engaged With Lithium

2520 d - admin

Lithium demand is surging, boosting shares of the companies linked to mining and manufacturing the light metal used in electric-car batteries.

Five Things We Learned This Week: Back to $30 Oil?

2636 d - admin

Oil has been wavering around $56 a barrel for months, recovering in 2016 from the plunge that sent crude down to almost $27 in January 2016. OPEC got its members — and some non-members — to cut production through June, and now people are starting to wonder what happens after that. An ABN Amro Bank economist says “prices could easily back to the low $30s,” which reminds us of Goldman’s startling prediction in September 2015 that oil could below $20. (It didn’t.)